THIS IS HOURS AWAY FROM REOPENING AT 5:30 TOMORROW MORNING. AND ONLY ON 12, HE HAS BEEN DEFYING THE ODDS SINCE THE DAY HE WAS BORN. WE FIRST HEARD HIS STORY LAST MONTH, AND NOW, THE WORK HE HAS SPENT YEARS TO ACHIEVE HAS FINALLY PAID OFF. OVERWHELMED WITH EXCITEMENT, THE 21-YEAR-OLD CANNOT HELP GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR. HE IS ABOUT TO GET THE HIGHEST RANK IN BOY SCOUTS, THE RANK OF EAGLE. IT MAKES ME HAPPY. AT BECKER WILL BE THE THIRD IN HIS FAMILY TO BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT. IN 1961, HIS DAD RECEIVED THIS EAGLE PAN, AND HE IS ANXIOUS TO ADD IT TO HIS SON'S UNIFORM. I AM SO PROUD. DOZENS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT BECKER AS HE JOINED THE EAGLE BROTHERHOOD. IT IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF BOY SCOUTS ACHIEVE, BUT FOR BECKER, THE ODDS WERE AGAINST HIM FROM DAY ONE. HE WAS BORN FOUR MONTHS EARLY, 23 WEEKS, AND HE HAD A 15% CHANCE OF SURVIVING SIX MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE DOCTORS. BECKER CAN ONLY GET AROUND WITH A WHEELCHAIR. HE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY, EPILEPSY, AND IS LEGALLY BLIND. HE HAS A DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED, WHICH FAR OUTWEIGHS HIS DISABILITIES, AND HIS FELLOW SCOUTS HAVE NOTICED. A LEADER FOR ME. BECKER HAS EARNED 27 MERIT BADGES, AND FOR AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, AND HE COLLECTED THREE FULL CARLOADS OF CLOTHING. YOU HAVE BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF THE HIGHEST RANK IN THIS MEMBERSHIP. AND ALL OF HIS HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF. [LAUGHTER] -- [APPLAUSE] IT BROUGHT A STANDING OVATION, EVEN TEARS OF JOY, AND ALMOST LEFT HIS FATHER SPEECHLESS. I ALMOST DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY. BUT BECKER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY. THANK YOU, GOD. THANK YOU FOR THIS. SCOUTS ARE REQUIRED TO EARN THEIR EAGLE BY AGE 18, BUT BECKER WAS GIVEN A LIFETIME